A primer on the new state testing in schools

If you have a student in your home, he or she next week will take the new core standard tests. Here’s what you need to know.

By Todd Martin

Friday, May 11, 2012 at 2:00 am (Updated: May 11, 2:05 am)

Kentucky is moving into a new standard of statewide testing this spring as part of the Common Core Standards that have been adopted by 45 states and the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Kentucky was the first state to adopt the standards in Feb. 2010.

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